The Harmony Festival (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/events/harmony-festival.php) ends. The Harmony Celebration settings event ends, and the Harmony Festival Pack will no longer be available on the L2 Galleria and L2 Store.
Spring Commendation (http://www.lineage2.com/en/news/announcements/spring-commendation.php): The L2 Store and L2 Galleria's items and sales list receive their monthly update. This update includes new bonus items for the Adventure and Destiny Packs.
The Player Commendation System (http://www.lineage2.com/en/game/the-library/game-systems/player-commendation-system.php) returns to Lineage II! The system has been altered somewhat so that characters do not accumulate PC Points by being logged into the game. Also, the PC Point item sales list has been updated to include R-grade items and updated buffs. Beginning March 21 players can purchase PC Points to spend on fun and helpful items in-game. To celebrate the implementation of this system, free PC Points will be available in the L2 Galleria on a daily basis for the next two weeks, beginning after the maintenance of March 21, 2012.
The News Informer NPC leaves the game. If you still have one or both of the quests removed in the Goddess of Destruction: Harmony game update (Whereabouts of the Archaeologist and Relics of the Old Empire), be sure to turn them in to the News Informer NPC for rewards before this maintenance begins.
The /attack bug is fixed.
The "NoItemName" item name issue for Mysterious Blessed Spiritshots is fixed (last week's maintenance fixed the pack item's name).
The issue of inconsistent SP amounts being listed after SP reimbursement of lowering skill enchantment has been fixed.
The issue of Clan Advent skill not transferring to the servitor has been fixed.
The issue of of changes to the shortcut keys not applying properly has been fixed.
Website Login Downtime March 21, 2012
With the store update to the L2 Store and L2 Galleria the forum, website, and Path to Awakening login prompt will be unavailable during the maintenance time frame and may continue to be unavailable for a short while after the game server maintenance is finished.
European Daylight Savings: No Effect on Servers
Please note that Daylight Savings for Europe occurs on March 25, 2012. Daylight Savings adjustments will not be made to the servers' time zones settings moving forward. Please take this into consideration when comparing server time to your local time zone, depending on your global location.
Will PC system reward us with PC Vitality and that item which gives buffs?
I'm afraid not. From the last time we saw the Player Commendation (Event), the XP and Fame boost have been removed, as well as PC Blessings (the vitality and buffs you mentioned). What remains is everything that can be purchased for PC Points from the Adventure Guildsman NPC (some items, buffs, shadow weapons, wyvern rides, special teleports, Rim/Near Kamaloka, etc). The full details will be released on the website tomorrow, and I'll update the maintenance notice then with those links.
Beginning March 21 players can purchase PC Points to spend on fun and helpful items in-game.
So players first need buy NCCoins using $, than buy PC points using NCCoins and than buy some items using PC points. Why you can't just add this items to L2Store?
Or will be ingame method to obtain PC points? If yes, welcome to full server 24/7
PC Bang points is based on char loged on time to get points.
Well, at this momment we can't login at sunday/saturday becouse I can login before 144 times.
This is a new trying of afk players logged in game?
Is possible revert pc bang points based on logout time?
PC Bang Points: A potential fix to server back their status to full.
PC Bang points is based on char loged on time to get points.
Well, at this momment we can't login at sunday/saturday becouse I can login before 144 times.
This is a new trying of afk players logged in game?
read sace's post again - you won't get pc points for just being logged in (looks like they learnt thier lesson from the tersi's light event :eek:)
Ok, we will not win PC points for being logged in, we have another way to earn these points (not counting those two weeks on the site) or just buying it with money?
The only borderline useful stuff I got for the last PC points was a bunch of fireworks, so let me express my enthusiastic response to the news of it returning with the following cheer:
Did anyone notice a problem with macros. Before you could chain couple of skills together with a macro, now it doesn't work(only if you make your macro with shortcuts). Also before if one skill was in reuse the macro would trigger the next available skill in the macro. Now if the skill is in re-use the macro gets "stuck"
"The system has been altered somewhat so that characters do not accumulate PC Points by being logged into the game" can mean that you need to be in attack mode to get points so welcome 100500 alts attacking NPC (as it was with Santa event few years ago when ppl in attack mode get chance to be visited by Santa).
There is 2 ways:
-PC points can be just obtained from L2Store, so PC points = NC Coins v2.0 that can be used in L2Store v2.0
-PC points somehow can be obtained from game, so say wb to "high server traffic"
"The system has been altered somewhat so that characters do not accumulate PC Points by being logged into the game" can mean that you need to be in attack mode to get points so welcome 100500 alts attacking NPC (as it was with Santa event few years ago when ppl in attack mode get chance to be visited by Santa).
There is 2 ways:
-PC points can be just obtained from L2Store, so PC points = NC Coins v2.0 that can be used in L2Store v2.0
-PC points somehow can be obtained from game, so say wb to "high server traffic"
Only way indicated for getting the points is via store purchase, with a 2-week promotion where you can get 1k free points per account each day -- enough to buy (for example) 1 quick healing potion.
I could have sworn this game was supposed to be fair for all players. I definitely recall NCSoft stating that RMT was illegal because it causes an unfair advantage. So where the **** do you guys get off selling the Power Shirts and claim it's any sort of fairness? Give me back the $15 a month so kids who used to donate on private servers can get the **** out of this game and make it fair for all players cuz this L2 Store ends the game. It is seriously nothing more than donator heaven. Got a clannie with just a +6 Power Shirt, and it gives him 7 speed, 14 mdef, 2 INT/CON/MEN/STR. That almost makes it a necessity to buy these items to even compete in pvp (don't even get me started on the destruction scrolls). Good fight NCSoft. Good ******* fight.
Just my 2 cents here.... You guys are going down a bad path with some of these items. You're basically selling power that can only be obtained through the cash shop, instead of offering items that might be costly in game but would still be obtainable (i.e, the shirt). In the short term you will make money from it, but in the long run it's going to cost you customers.
You'll have people that can't afford the items leaving because they can't compete and even the ones that can afford it will eventually grow tired of shelling out that kinda money. I realize you have to make a profit, but you could sell things that are still obtainable in game, such as the dyes or just raise the vit item use to 20 items, etc. Exclusive cosmetic items are fine, but cash shop exclusive stat changing items are a mistake.
PS- I'll be the first to admit I'll buy this shirt because I compete in Oly, but it still needs to be said that this is an ill-advised move on the part of NCSoft.
Cant you guys make money in other fashions rather then making game changing items? Your only going to destroy this for yourselves... think twice.. how many people complaining is going to make you stop being stupid?
Hey there guys. I'm not here to QQ about power items (don't care much about it, to be honest), instead I'm here with a raised eyebrow, wondering how come my Divine Punishment has re-use time all of a sudden! Cause since I created this EE, 2 weeks ago, re-use skill time was a big fat 0! Now, questing in Silent Valley turned to surviving!
i know isnt the right thread but now it also have a new powerlvling way for "paytowin" guys with the kartia dugeon reset pass, they alteast have cooldown??? cuz it dont say anything in the pass. gogogo lets do kartia solo whole day!
somehow i got 2 Player Commendation Points Coupons at the Dimensional Merchant and i cant retrieve the 1 that i should be able to.
I cant retrieve any of the itens at the Dimensional Merchant...
Retrieved the PC points easy.... but the three cloaks and a party mask I transferred vanished in the system, now the Dimensional Merchants claim I never gave them anything! Pretty shady if you ask me... I will take screen shots from now on. ;)
Retrieved the PC points easy.... but the three cloaks and a party mask I transferred vanished in the system, now the Dimensional Merchants claim I never gave them anything! Pretty shady if you ask me... I will take screen shots from now on. ;)
... I'm here with a raised eyebrow, wondering how come my Divine Punishment has re-use time all of a sudden!
Same here. However it might just be a fixed bug/ balancing thing as divine punishment was quite powerfull. Thank Einhassad my cardinal has might of heaven to deal with undeads at least.
I expected though that it would be mentioned in the "changelog" that they changed/nerfed some skill(s) (who knows what other changes have been done?). Otherwise it looks like a bug to us players.
Same here. However it might just be a fixed bug/ balancing thing as divine punishment was quite powerfull. Thank Einhassad my cardinal has might of heaven to deal with undeads at least.
I expected though that it would be mentioned in the "changelog" that they changed/nerfed some skill(s) (who knows what other changes have been done?). Otherwise it looks like a bug to us players.
Indeed, why the hell aren't ALL the changes mentioned n the post ?>.>
All of us noticed the mysterious appearance of yet another boss in Kartia solo instance... as if it wasn't boring enough for the classes that could manage with it, now it's even harder for the little ones. AND they lose exp too from now on... could have mentioned about this for the sake of it
I think I spoke too soon :( seems the attack still doesn't work as it used to. Example, target npc and click attack button used to open dialog box but still doesn't :/ Doesn't autofollow anymore either. Probably the rest is still broken haven't played enough to tell :o
Hey there guys. I'm not here to QQ about power items (don't care much about it, to be honest), instead I'm here with a raised eyebrow, wondering how come my Divine Punishment has re-use time all of a sudden! Cause since I created this EE, 2 weeks ago, re-use skill time was a big fat 0! Now, questing in Silent Valley turned to surviving!
I am also having this issue, I've been having to bounce between Divine Punishment and (other attack) Due to the delay. And I died a few times before I got used to it at all.... Hope this is explained soon, :D
since all NC care is to sell power in their shop , and they are too busy selling power shirts and other items that DONT affect the PVP gameplay , here is the changes made with ydays Maintenance :
Aeore Healer
1. Dark Veil
- Skill range: +300
- Reuse time was reduced from 4 sec. to 2.4 sec.
2. Superior Armor Mastery
- New skill effect M. Def. +300
- Skill enchant effect M.Def was changed:
+1 Power gives M. Def. +20
+10 Power gives M. Def +200
3. Robe Mastery
- Skill enchant effect was changed:
There are 30 enchant levels, each level gives +10 points to the skill effect.
Lvl.1 + 10 points
Lvl.2 +20 points
…
Lvl.30 +300 points
4. Resurrection
Casting time was increased without changes in reuse time.
5. Divine Punishment
Reuse time was increased from 1 sec. to 2.4 sec.
Othell Rogue
1. Shadow Dash
- Speed was increased, P.Evasion and HP Recovery Bonus were changed:
Lvl. 1: Speed 40 -> 66 / P.Evasion 10 -> 4 / HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 10
Lvl.2: Speed 40 -> 66 / P.Evasion 10 -> 6 / HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 20
Lvl.3: Speed 40 -> 66 /P.Evasion 10 -> 8/ HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 30
Lvl.4: Speed 40 -> 66 / P.Evasion 10 -> 10/ HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 40
2. Evasive Counterstrike
Skill Reuse time was reduces from 180 sec. to 150 sec.
3. Evasion
Skill reuse time was increased from 75 sec. to 150 sec.
4. Counterattack
Skill reuse time was increased from 75 sec. to 150 sec.
Feoh Wizard
1. Abyssal Power
Skill effect can be felt only if Light Armor is equipped
2. Expert Casting
Skill effect can be felt only if Light Armor is equipped
3. Superior Armor Mastery
- New effect M.Def +300
- Skill enchant effect was changed:
+1 Power gives M. Def. +20
+10 Power gives M. Def +200
4. Robe Mastery
Skill enchant effect M.Def was changed:
There are 30 enchant levels, each level gives +10 points to the skill effect.
Lvl.1 + 10 points
Lvl.2 +20 points
…
Lvl.30 +300 points
Was there a download this maintenance? Or were the fixes all server side? I kinda forgot to do that lol
and can you do an update with games open or do you have to shut them down first?
sooooooooo lazy to reboot and have to refix all my screen stuff on 3 screens if it isn't necessary lol ><
ps maybe this is why the /attack problems is still broken for me since I haven't see anyone else posting about it :p lol
You should definitely always run the update through the NCsoft Launcher after every maintenance. No matter what kind of changes are made, not updating your client can result in you not being able to see the changes, or new store items-- things like that.
FYI we're looking into these "ninja patches" to verify them on our servers and investigate why this information was not available to be shared in the maintenance notice. Once we have info we'll update you.
FYI we're looking into these "ninja patches" to verify them on our servers and investigate why this information was not available to be shared in the maintenance notice. Once we have info we'll update you.
I can confirm the following:
The re-use on Dark Veil and range has changed and are as the patch notes say.
The m.def boost from Robe mastery +4 is a static 40 m.def post maintenance rather than the +4% it was before.
Learning the new armor mastery gave me +300 m.def exactly and applies regardless of armor worn.
Could you please ask the developers to not add more bugs with these "minor updates"?
For example, the npc's AI in Kartia solo instance was bad enough, but after the latest update it seems messed up completely.
When fixing bugs in a game new ones almost always come up, these are usually caught by the QA team via simple regression test cases. Sadly with seemingly no QA team, terrible inside communication and no PTS, L2's new bugs don't seem to get noticed at all.
Please don't take the user backlash to heart Sace. I understand it's got to be really horrible for you for the terrible 'middle man' position you seem to be in.
Please don't take the user backlash to heart Sace. I understand it's got to be really horrible for you for the terrible 'middle man' position you seem to be in.
Weird. I went to kartia solo and finished in 22 minutes as always.
NPC AI looks the same for me. Tank agro always, healer givin mana and HP sometimes. What I think is weird is that I'm getting disconected and sometimes I can't move in Aden and other locations, since the maintenance from 3-21.
So Sace, when did you plan to tell us about nice "fix"?
Fellow users,
Here are some changes in skills we had after the 20th of March maintenance:
Aeore Healer
1. Dark Veil
- Skill range: +300
- Reuse time was reduced from 4 sec. to 2.4 sec.
2. Superior Armor Mastery
- New skill effect M. Def. +300
- Skill enchant effect M.Def was changed:
+1 Power gives M. Def. +20
+10 Power gives M. Def +200
3. Robe Mastery
- Skill enchant effect was changed:
There are 30 enchant levels, each level gives +10 points to the skill effect.
Lvl.1 + 10 points
Lvl.2 +20 points
…
Lvl.30 +300 points
4. Resurrection
Casting time was increased without changes in reuse time.
5. Divine Punishment
Reuse time was increased from 1 sec. to 2.4 sec.
Othell Rogue
1. Shadow Dash
- Speed was increased, P.Evasion and HP Recovery Bonus were changed:
Lvl. 1: Speed 40 -> 66 / P.Evasion 10 -> 4 / HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 10
Lvl.2: Speed 40 -> 66 / P.Evasion 10 -> 6 / HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 20
Lvl.3: Speed 40 -> 66 /P.Evasion 10 -> 8/ HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 30
Lvl.4: Speed 40 -> 66 / P.Evasion 10 -> 10/ HP Recovery Bonus 10 -> 40
2. Evasive Counterstrike
Skill Reuse time was reduces from 180 sec. to 150 sec.
3. Evasion
Skill reuse time was increased from 75 sec. to 150 sec.
4. Counterattack
Skill reuse time was increased from 75 sec. to 150 sec.
Feoh Wizard
1. Abyssal Power
Skill effect can be felt only if Light Armor is equipped
2. Expert Casting
Skill effect can be felt only if Light Armor is equipped
3. Superior Armor Mastery
- New effect M.Def +300
- Skill enchant effect was changed:
There are 30 enchant levels, each level gives +10 points to the skill effect.
Lvl.1 + 10 points
Lvl.2 +20 points
…
Lvl.30 +300 points
4. Robe Mastery
Skill enchant effect M.Def was changed:
There are 30 enchant levels, each level gives +10 points to the skill effect.
Lvl.1 + 10 points
Lvl.2 +20 points
…
Lvl.30 +300 points
So Sace, when did you plan to tell us about nice "fix"?
We're looking into those now. So far not all the notes posted on the Korean site were actually implemented on our servers, but once we have finished verifying them we'll post an update.
Could you please ask the developers to not add more bugs with these "minor updates"?
For example, the npc's AI in Kartia solo instance was bad enough, but after the latest update it seems messed up completely.
Another very true and sad point. Not just the sudden ninja boss in last room but also the NPCs.... like hell, with all their very low AI from before I could manage to find a way to make them attack THEN: draggong mobs onto them, attacking mobs myself to show them how its done............
..... now none of this is working anymore. Mobs get stuck between guards + prisoners in the last room, attacking them, and stupid NPCs just stay "afk" mode all along! attacking them myself doesn't make a change either. I don't even know how this "bug" was possible, how can you make a script even more stupid than before? Can scrips be afk?
Zaken is a RB so u just outlvls him
This happen with other RBs too
Yeah but...Zaken is 83, the raid curse should be operative if you're more than 9 levels above from him O_o Or am I wrong?
Yeah but...Zaken is 83, the raid curse should be operative if you're more than 9 levels above from him O_o Or am I wrong?
Exaclty, there were 3 ppl that got raid cursed, it was a random party so the people used to do Zaken before and I do not think they crossed one level within one week.
Same with me, I did Zaken twice before maintenance with the same level as now.
Second thing (maybe I just didn't saw that before) is that your buffs will get striped once you enter the instance. This didn't occured before you buffed up before entering the instance and to speedup the process a bit.
This lead me to a though if the party leader didn't entered lower lvl Zaken, but that seems to be not the case as you need 3 parties for him if I am right.
Yeah but...Zaken is 83, the raid curse should be operative if you're more than 9 levels above from him O_o Or am I wrong?
true .... but as already said he has minions that are one lvl lower (= 82) ;)
so it's actually not zaken himself who give you the raid curse - it's the minions :eek:
true .... but as already said he has minions that are one lvl lower (= 82) ;)
so it's actually not zaken himself who give you the raid curse - it's the minions :eek:
Tank level 86 -> 86 - 82 = 4 not anywhere near 9
hmm ok - maybe zaken instance is then really bugged now.
yesterday i tried to do zaken with randoms - buffs got stripped on entering and i got petrified when i found him .... so maybe we weren't in the lowbie one .... :eek:
Hidden among the announcements of events and no official confirmation.
To know what's going on?
SE, EE and Bihopos know.
But beware ye others, when a gentleman from NCSoft digit change for fun in your statistics that you'll cry!!!
p.s.
or maybe it's a bug, and everything will return at 28.03 to standard?
so help us NCSoft
hmm ok - maybe zaken instance is then really bugged now.
I'll try with my clannies... But we did Zaken after maintenance on Wednesday and there was no raid curse, even though the highest ones in the party were 87...
So you add fixes/boosts first and then after a week you start researching what have you put into the servers?
As posted previously, we're taking steps to avoid this happening in the future, and we're also catching up on testing the previous "ninja patches" so that we can posted them to players officially. (Again, regarding other players' posts of what the changes are, we are currently not seeing 100% accuracy in what they say has changed, but once the testing is done we will post clarification.)
About PC Points Pack.
If I forgot to buy yesterday, I cant buy today? Or is it a bug?
sry if offtop.
1,000 Free PC Points are only available daily, and cannot be claimed after that day's window closes. Each day's PC Point Coupon, for example the March 21 one, is only available to be claimed during a 27 hour period surrounding that date. In the example of March 21, the PC Point Coupon for that day was available from 7am PDT to 7am EST. Same with the March 22 one, and today's (March 23).
Exaclty, there were 3 ppl that got raid cursed, it was a random party so the people used to do Zaken before and I do not think they crossed one level within one week.
Same with me, I did Zaken twice before maintenance with the same level as now.
Second thing (maybe I just didn't saw that before) is that your buffs will get striped once you enter the instance. This didn't occured before you buffed up before entering the instance and to speedup the process a bit.
This lead me to a though if the party leader didn't entered lower lvl Zaken, but that seems to be not the case as you need 3 parties for him if I am right.
There is a lvl 60 1 party Zaken, this on DOES strip your buffs. I've seen people in clan/party matching shouting to do Zaken raids and no complaints so it seems extremely likely you went into the lowbie one not Zaken hard.
There is a lvl 60 1 party Zaken, this on DOES strip your buffs. I've seen people in clan/party matching shouting to do Zaken raids and no complaints so it seems extremely likely you went into the lowbie one not Zaken hard.
This. I did the lv 83 Zaken a couple hours ago, and nobody got stripped of their buffs nor had the raid curse on.
1. Abyssal Power
Skill effect can be felt only if Light Armor is equipped
2. Expert Casting
Skill effect can be felt only if Light Armor is equipped
this is an extremely lame and below-the-belt move from NCSoft. first they give the kamael some ****** up skill that's weaker than the old ones and now that we didn't fall for that one they are forcing us to do it anyway. so what we all should go and make dark elves cuz they still can keep their empowering echo and have 25k m.atk while kamael only has 10k.??? if you really think about it it's actually pretty moronic - you give us 100 m.atk and take 10% which even unbuffed is 250 m.atk. you give us 23% casting speed but take 10% casting speed and 20% decrease in re-use delay which equals 13% cast speed, which doesn't even affect re-use any more. this is beyond stupidity and moronity and straight into crazy. it is absolutely proposterous.